Nearly two hundred mother and child ships rushed into Jiannu's formation. The Ming troops above all left with one blow, and some did not need to get close. They were disconnected a few dozen meters away. The burned child ships would continue to rush forward under the action of sails.

Jiannu's ship formation was immediately in chaos, and almost most of the mother ships successfully distanced themselves from Jiannu and then turned around to appreciate their masterpieces.

Many Jiannu ships were already burning.

In the evening and sunset, it looks extremely brilliant. In the eyes of the Ming army, this is simply the most beautiful fireworks. In the chaos of the Jiannu warship, the main force of the Denglai Navy Division stopped running away, but got closer, and then fired a large number of rockets and bricks at the Jiannu Navy's warship.

After a while, the Jiannu Navy's ship formation turned into flames and smoke. Amid the fireworks, the Jiannu Navy's demise was coming to an end.

"Ming people, despicable!"

A Jiannu soldier was burned to death in the fire. Before he died, he yelled, and then died with his eyes open. Most of the Jiannu soldiers rushed to jump into the sea.

Fortunately, when Li Yongfang was training this navy, the Jiannu soldiers were allowed to master swimming skills and were not drowned by the sea water. However, this place is so far from the coastline that it would have been long since swam to the shore.

"Disper, all spread, put out the fire soon." Li Yongfang stood on the deck with red eyes and shouted, but unfortunately there was firelight around him, and the thick smoke from the fire bricks quickly blocked Li Yongfang's vision.

This was simply a disaster.

"Sir, leave quickly. If you don't leave, you will have no chance." Li Yongfang's servant shouted.

"Hey! The situation is over." Li Yongfang shook his hand in annoyance and ordered decisively: "Let's go."

In the chaos, Li Yongfang boarded the boat and then quickly rowed out the boat formation.

Nearly half of the five hundred warships were burning, especially in the thick smoke of fire bricks. Many Jiannu warships could not distinguish the direction, and they were panicked and quickly bumped into the burning warships and were soon ruthlessly ignited. Obviously, Jiannu did not expect the tactic of fire attack, which was a problem that was too uncultured.

Fire attack tactics are very common in naval combat in Chinese history. To prevent this tactic, you can use silt to wet the warship. This method is stupid and troublesome, but it is the most effective.

In the burning flames, Jiannu Navy fell into an abyss that was irreversible.

Without any suspense, the Jiannu Navy was easily annihilated by the Denglai Navy. Most of the scattered warships were also intercepted by the Denglai Navy.

I saw a naval warship of nearly 500 tons quickly approaching a 250-ton Jiannu warship. The hook claws on the ship were thrown out, hooking the Jiannu warship very quickly, and then quickly pulled over.

Bang bang bang bang...

On the deck of the warship of the Denglai Navy, there were five or six light one-pound cannons, which were close to the Jiannu warship and opened fire directly. At the same time, rows of musketeers pulled the trigger and instantly formed a dense firepower. The soldiers on the Jiannu warship were arranged in dense formations to deal with the docking battle. They were shot to the ground in rows.

The formation of Jiannu sailors on the deck was directly chaotic. Then the Ming army bit the steel knife and jumped onto the deck of Jiannu's warship, and started a cruel battle with Jiannu. Jiannu's soldiers were beaten to cry and cry, and many of them simply jumped into the water. But in a short while, Jiannu on the warship was killed.

Almost all the large Jiannu warships were intercepted by the Denglai Navy. The Denglai Navy warships that intercepted the Jiannu boats simply ran over and directly hit the small sampans, just to bully them with small tonnage. The "flagships" commanded by Sun Yiguo also joined the interception because the tonnage was the largest, and wherever they drove, the Jiannu warships would flee in all directions.

"It's so good to fight, haha!" Sun Yiguo laughed as he watched a large number of Jiannu sailors fall into the water.

After a battle, the Jiannu Navy escaped only part of the boat. Most of the boats were burned and intercepted. After more than an hour, the battlefield gradually became quiet. Looking at it, there was no resistance to the enemy.

"Sweep the battlefield and bring those Jiannu sailors up." Sun Yiguo smiled and felt naturally relieved after a refreshing victory.

"Yes, sir."

The Denglai Navy began to clean up the battlefield, fished the Jiannu sailors who fell into the water from the sea, and salvaged the bodies everywhere to count the military achievements.

In the war waters, there were more than 3,000 Jiannu corpses salvaged. And there were also more than 3,000 Jiannu.

After a lot of desperate escape, Li Yongfang finally fled back to Zhenjiang. As a result, after gathering down the defeated soldiers, he found out that there were only more than 600 people who escaped back.

This confident sea battle was completely defeated. This completely unpredictable result made Li Yongfang feel like he was lost and didn't know how to explain it to the wild boar skin. But it was obviously impossible to hide it, so Li Yongfang could only summon all the soldiers of the navy together to explain it.

When Wild Boar Skin learned of the defeat of the navy, he was indeed furious and threw the battle report to the ground on the spot. He Heli, who was beside him, picked up the battle report and read it, and then said to Wild Boar Skin: "Khan, although Li Yongfang was defeated, it also severely damaged the Denglai Navy and annihilated more than 200 enemy ships. Our Dajin is not good at water battles. It is not easy for Li Yongfang to achieve such a result."

Although Li Yongfang admitted his failure in the battle report, he exaggerated the results of the battle. He turned the one-sided naval battle into a fierce battle between the two sides for several hours and sunk more than 200 warships of the Denglai Navy.

After the braid was blown out, the battle report immediately became much better.

"Waste is simply waste. So what if we annihilate more than 200 warships in the Ming army? Did our goal be defeated?" Wild Boar Skin roared: "No, none of the purpose has been achieved. The Dongjiang Army and the Jinzhou Army are still haunting our Great Jin Kingdom. Now the navy has almost lost all its money. Can I build another navy to fight with the Ming Kingdom at sea?"

He Heli was speechless. If Jin, a weak population, really throws its power to the sea and consumes it with the Ming army, it will not be able to consume the Ming army at all. Even if it changes one by one, it will suffer a loss, let alone the loss is greater than that of the Ming army. How can the Later Jin Dynasty have the strength to fight for consumption at sea?

The demise of the navy means that the strategic breakthrough expected by the wild boar skin is directly aborted. The threats from the Dongjiang Army and the Later Jin Army are still as bright as the back.

After the wild boar skin got angry, he calmed down. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but think of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and said:

"For the sake of the present, I can only find a way to break through from the Ming Dynasty and find a way to alienate the relationship between the Emperor of Ming and Sun Chengzong."

"The Khan is wise, but Sun Chengzong is the emperor's teacher of the Ming Dynasty. It is probably not that easy to alienate them, the king and the minister." He Heli said with doubt.

"How can you know if you don't try it?" said the wild boar skin. To talk about the tactics of war, strategy, etc., "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" can be said to be the enlightenment work of wild boar skin. The various strategies in it greatly inspired the wild boar skin. If it were other eras, the wild boar skin would obviously go straight to the battlefield when watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to fight. However, the Ming Dynasty at this time was decayed. Even if he showed his flaws, the Ming army might not be able to catch it, and as a result, the wild boar skin passed through the practical stage.

In the Later Jin army, not only wild boar skin liked to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but it was very popular all over the top and bottom. This trend was even more common after entering the pass. Looking at the Qing Dynasty, many wars were actually guided by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

In the combat thoughts of the Ming Dynasty, there were many achievements. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is just a novel, and it is obviously impossible to be the guiding work of the generals of the Ming army. I even realized that due to the different times, the changes in the social environment, and the diplomatic environment, it is best not to read "The Art of War", while Qi Jiguang's works became the main military guiding work in the late Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, there were constant natural disasters and man-made disasters in the late Ming Dynasty, and the court did not have enough finance to invest in the military. At the same time, the atmosphere of embezzlement of military pay became almost public after the Donglin Party controlled the court, making it impossible for the Ming army to regain its strength.

But history has changed at this time. With Zhu Youxiao's crazy money accruing, the Ming army's military expenditure increased to 28 million yuan in the second year of Tianqi, of which 8 million yuan was reserve military expenditure.

Wild Boar Skin decided to use a divisive strategy and began to contact Shanxi merchants. As for Li Yongfang, he felt that he was still a talented person and his son-in-law, so Wild Boar Skin stopped pursuing it. He quickly ordered Li Yongfang to cancel the navy and no longer considered looking for a breakthrough from the sea. He completely stopped at the sea and gave up.

When the good news reached the capital, Zhu Youxiao immediately looked excited.

"The navy trained by Lord Yuan is indeed extremely elite. He annihilated more than 6,000 Jiannu Navy, and only more than 50 people were lost to the Denglai Navy." Shen Qing couldn't help but sigh, but he did not doubt the authenticity of the battle report. As an old minister of the four dynasties, the battle report he presented was naturally valuable.

"The cabinet will get a reward plan." Zhu Youxiao decided happily: "I will ask the Denglai Naval Division to come to Tianjin. I will inspect it myself and give rewards to the navy soldiers."

"I obey the order. Since the emperor wants to inspect it personally, why not decide what to do in half a month?" Shen Qing did not stop the emperor from leaving the capital.

Zhu Youxiao was used to leaving the palace every few days. With the protection of the Jinyiwei, he couldn't get any problems.

"Then let's go half a month later!" Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then asked Shen Qing: "The summer harvest in the north has begun, right?"

"Your Majesty, the summer harvest has begun." Shen Qing nodded.

"My dear friend asked someone to come up with a list. This year, the northern provinces should be exempted from taxes, and Cui Ke from northern Shaanxi is also prohibited." Zhu Youxiao decided.

"The emperor is wise. This time the imperial court has reformed the labor service and stipulated that the work must not exceed twenty days and the distance must not exceed a hundred miles. The burden on the people of each province has been greatly reduced. If some land tax is exempted, the people can rest."

This year's summer harvest in the north is obviously the best year for the people.

The cabinet soon included all the disaster-stricken areas in the north in the second year of the Apocalypse on the list of exemptions from land taxes, and then issued the decree.

Moreover, many affected areas are exempted from land taxes for two to three years.

Although there has not made any achievements in the fundamental issue of the gap between the rich and the poor, at least in terms of taxation, people in northern provinces have a chance to breathe.

Cui Ke, who is most likely to force the people to rebel, was also cancelled in northern Shaanxi.

Anyway, the land tax collected in the north in summer is only 6 million shi of fiscal revenue, so it doesn’t matter if it is exempted from most of it. Now after some reforms in Northern Zhili, the economy has become more and more prosperous, and there is no need to rely too much on the land tax revenue in the north.

The summer harvest in various provinces is in full swing in the imperial court. There are many disasters in the second year of Tianqi, but there are not many extreme climates with a large impact range. Overall, the harvest of summer harvest this year is quite good.

Especially those imperial villages in Northern Zhili, the wheat in the fields grew very well.

Due to the improvement of water conservancy facilities, a large amount of dry land has become irrigated land. The yield of wheat grown on the irrigated land will be much higher.

Moreover, the number of agricultural technicians of the Royal Agricultural Company has increased significantly this year. With the guidance of planting technology in various farms and the fertilization measures of various farm fertilizers, the wheat on the land of Huangzhuang, Beizhili has increased significantly.

There are some wheat in some areas, and the yield per mu has exceeded four stones. Such yields have also been available in the past, but they must be excellent land. This year, there were several lands with a yield per mu of four stones appeared in the imperial village. However, the yield per mu of four stones is only an individual phenomenon, but the yield per mu of most irrigated land reaches about two stones. The wheat yield on dry land is also about one stone.

The wheat in Huangzhuang is a great harvest.

Such a bumper harvest made farmers very happy and devoted themselves to the busyness of summer harvest with great enthusiasm. Generally, in the imperial village, each household will plant 25 acres of wheat, and the remaining 5 acres are used to plant sweet potatoes. There is also a small piece of land used to plant vegetables.

Zhang Shitou is an ordinary tenant farmer in the imperial village. His land originally had more than ten acres of dry land, but this year it has become irrigated land. What made him ecstatic about this summer harvest was that almost all the wheat in his field yielded two stones per mu. When harvesting wheat, the whole family still did not have enough work, but fortunately he hired workers.

After harvesting the wheat and removing the marrow, it weighed it, but it turned out to be 58 shi. Then 30% of the rent was paid. After deducting 17.4 shi, there were still 40.6 shi. Zhang Shitou's family had four people, a couple and two children. Because there was a pig farm in the imperial village, they would kill pigs from the mountains and the meat in the family had never stopped, so they consumed much less food, leaving only 4 shi of food. In addition, the sweet potatoes in the field were eaten together, so the 4 shi of wheat may not be able to be eaten.

Zhang Shitou sold the remaining 36.6 stones of grain directly to the grain store. The grain store bought it at a price of 0.7 yuan per stone, allowing Zhang Shitou to get 25 silver dollars, plus 310 cents.

Such income made Zhang Shitou smile on his face. Although he was tired of farming in the imperial village and had little time to rest throughout the year, he also gained more. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!